Saturday, January 9, 2010

A great way to warm up on a chilly Russian winter day evening is to drink some hot medovukha, or honey wine. This traditional folk drink can be found in bottles at grocery stores but is also sold at outdoor holiday markets, where I recently tried some. It's sweet and slightly alcoholic flavor is appealing, while the warmth of the liquid going down your throat on a frigid day will help keep you going when you feel you have reached your limit!

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This is a blog about the taste of Russia: foods and flavors available in Russia and characteristic of Russian cuisine.

Many of the stories are from explorations around Moscow, but also in other cities in Central and South Russia. The aim is not to sample gourmet foods or write about Western restaurants, but neither is it to write decisively about what Russian cuisine is and isn't. Instead, it is merely a taste of Russia and explorations into Russian cuisine... and some of the foreign influences that have and continue to shape it.